The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804 - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) |
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... person of Ubaldo , as , wrapped in apparently deep meditation , he stood before him . He was about the age of thirty ; in stature tall , be yond the ordinary size of men ; in figure , well - proportioned and majestic ; and of a ...
... person of Ubaldo , as , wrapped in apparently deep meditation , he stood before him . He was about the age of thirty ; in stature tall , be yond the ordinary size of men ; in figure , well - proportioned and majestic ; and of a ...
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... vice , so well did he assume the garb of virtue , that the unwary were ever betrayed , the unsuspecting beguiled ; while his easy polished manners , fine person , and in- sinuating sinuating address , made him , in all places , 17.
... vice , so well did he assume the garb of virtue , that the unwary were ever betrayed , the unsuspecting beguiled ; while his easy polished manners , fine person , and in- sinuating sinuating address , made him , in all places , 17.
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... person he had always been indifferent ; wedded to her estate , and of a character vo- luptuous , imperious , and overbearing , it may easily be supposed she was the last woman in the world to make him happy bred under the frown of a ...
... person he had always been indifferent ; wedded to her estate , and of a character vo- luptuous , imperious , and overbearing , it may easily be supposed she was the last woman in the world to make him happy bred under the frown of a ...
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... amiable disposition , brave and exalted spirit , polished manners , and strikingly handsome person , conciliated the love , and gained the respect and applause of all who knew him . CHAP . CHAP . IV . " " Mourn not , the 65.
... amiable disposition , brave and exalted spirit , polished manners , and strikingly handsome person , conciliated the love , and gained the respect and applause of all who knew him . CHAP . CHAP . IV . " " Mourn not , the 65.
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... - madversions on what he termed her moping discontented disposition , or in venting on her those sallies of rage and ill humour , indifferent persons would VOL . I. E would not have tolerated . From ear- liest youth he 73.
... - madversions on what he termed her moping discontented disposition , or in venting on her those sallies of rage and ill humour , indifferent persons would VOL . I. E would not have tolerated . From ear- liest youth he 73.
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Abruzzo Albenza anca art thou beauty benza Bertoldo Bianca bless bosom brother castle ceived CHAP character cheek chesa chese child companion Conte countenance creature cried Viola dark daugh death dreadful Eve of San-Pietro exclaimed eyes fancy father faultered favour fear feelings felt Frenchman gazed Gradisca hand happiness heard heart Heaven Holy honour hope hour idea interrupted Viola Juliana kucw Lady Laurentine Lilla lives look Lord Lorenzo manner Marchese marriage ment mind Monte Cassino Montebino moping Morano mother Naples nature ness never nexions night pale parents passion peace Pescara pillow poor prove raised recollection rence replied repose rest round saloon seek seemed shuddered sigh sink sleep smile soon sorrow soul stranger sunk sure sweet tears thee tion tone trembling Ubaldo uncon vate verdi vocable voice wife wish woman words wretched young Zanotti
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Page 176 - One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his fav'rite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill. Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne.
Page 1 - Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heav'n ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his Tongue Dropt Manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest Counsels: for his thoughts were low...
Page 243 - Then will I grant thee all thy soul's desire ; All that may charm thine ear, and please thy sight : All that thy thought can frame, or wish require,] To steep thy ravish'd senses in delight. The sumptuous feast, enhanc'd with music's sound , Fittest to tune the melting soul to love : Rich odors, breathing choicest sweets around...
Page 233 - Lear is doubtless correct when he says that it is "sharper than a serpent's tooth to have a thankless child.
Page 113 - It knows not wherefore : — What a kind of being is circumstance ! I am a soldier, and were yonder battlements, Garnish'd with combatants, and cannon-mounted, My daring breast would bound with exultation, And glorious hopes enliven this drear scene. Now dare not I scarce tread to my own hearing, Lest echo borrow superstition's tongue, And seem to answer me, like one departed.
Page 1 - I am settled, and bend np , Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.